Improvement in stoppers for oil-cans



E. C. GODWIN.

improvement in Stoppers for Oil-Cans.

UNITED S'ra'rns EDWARD (J. GODWIN, OF NORFOLK, VIRGINIA.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 133,024, dated November12, 1872.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that ,I, EDWARD G. GODWIN, of Norfolk, in. the county ofNorfolk and State of Virginia, have invented anew and valuableImprovement in Stopper for Oil- Cans; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the constructionand operation of the same, reference being bad to the annexed drawingmaking a part of this specification and to the letters and figures ofreference marked thereon.

Figure l of the drawing is a representation of a sectional viewof myinvention. Fig. 2-

is a perspective view of the same. A

My invention has relation ,to stoppers for oil-cans; and it consists inthe construction and novel arran gementof an internally-flanged tube toreceive the cork and prevent leakage, and of a pivoted key to preventthe cork from being accidentally forced out, all substantially ashereinafter more fully described.

Referring to the drawing, A designates a t tapering neck ormouth-piecefor an oil-can or other fluid-holding vessel. B represents an annularflange on the inside of said neck, upon which the bottom of the corkrests, and which is designed to produce a tight joint without having todrive the cork far into the neck. This flange may be properly bent onthe lower edge of a tubular lining, a, placed within the mouth of theneck A, and secured bybending down itsupper edge over the edge of saidmouth,as shown. In this way the mouth of the neck is strengthened. Qdesignates the. cork, having the convex metallic cap 1) placed ontop,and secured by the rivet and washer cl (1. E designates a tubularsocket attached itothe side of the neck A and holding an L- over abovesaid cap. When the cork is insorted in the neck the key is turned aroundto the position shown in the drawing and springs into a concavedepression, 0, in the center of the cap, thus securing the cork tightlyin place and preventing it from being forced out by the overturning ofthe vessel or other accident. By turning back the key the cork may bewithdrawn, but will be held by the key in such a manner as to preventits being lost or mislaid. Shoulders b b are formed on the ends of thekey to hold it in place.

\Vhat I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination of the key F, swinging on a vertical or nearlyvertical axis, with the cork (l and the neck A, substantially asspecified.

2. The combination of the internally-flan ged neck A with the cork O andkey F, substantially as specified.

3. The cork 0 having the indented cap D and eye g, the pivoted key F,socket E, and internally-flanged neck A, combined substantially asspecified.

In testimony that I claim. the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses.

EDIVARI) CAMP GODIVIW.

Witnesses:

JOHN M. GIBBS, RICHARD H. PARKER.

